9-letter words containing s, h, o, a
- archstone — a wedge-shaped stone forming the curved part of an arch
- arseholed — very drunk
- art house — a motion-picture theater specializing in the exhibition of art films.
- art-house — An art-house film is a film that is intended to be a serious artistic work rather than a piece of popular entertainment.
- arthroses — Plural form of arthrosis.
- arthrosis — a bone joint which enables movement
- as though — You use as if and as though when you are giving a possible explanation for something or saying that something appears to be the case when it is not.
- ash blond — a very light blond colour
- ash color — ash gray.
- ash-blond — pale, grayish blond: ash-blond hair.
- ashburton — 1st Baron, Baring, Alexander.
- ashtoreth — an ancient Semitic fertility goddess, identified with Astarte and Ishtar
- asphodels — Plural form of asphodel.
- astichous — having a structure or layout that is not in rows
- atheromas — Plural form of atheroma.
- atherosis — (pathology) atheroma.
- athetosic — relating to or characterized by athetosis
- athetosis — a condition characterized by uncontrolled rhythmic writhing movement, esp of fingers, hands, head, and tongue, caused by cerebral lesion
- atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- authoress — An authoress is a female author. Many female writers object to this word, and prefer to be called authors.
- authorise — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- authorish — like or similar to an author
- authorism — the state or condition of being author
- autobahns — Plural form of autobahn.
- babashoff — Shirley, born 1957, U.S. swimmer.
- baboonish — resembling a baboon
- babyhouse — A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture.
- bachelors — Plural form of bachelor.
- backhouse — an outdoor privy; outhouse
- backshore — the area of a beach above the usual high tide mark
- badmouths — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badmouth.
- bahookies — Plural form of bahookie.
- bakehouse — a building or room to bake in; bakery.
- bakeshops — Plural form of bakeshop.
- ballyhoos — Plural form of ballyhoo.
- bank shot — Basketball. a shot into the basket, made by rebounding the ball off the backboard.
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- barouches — Plural form of barouche.
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophils — Plural form of basophil.
- bass horn — an obsolete wind instrument of low range
- bathhouse — A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths and often other facilities such as a sauna.
- bathrobes — Plural form of bathrobe.
- bathrooms — Plural form of bathroom.
- bay shore — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- beadhouse — an almshouse in which inhabitants were expected to pray for the soul of the founder
- bean shot — refined copper having a shotlike form from being thrown into water in a molten state.
- beasthood — the state of beasts, the condition of being a beast
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- boat shoe — a shoe, usually in a style somewhat like a moccasin, with a rubber sole suitable for walking on the deck of a boat